{"id":1129,"date":"2020-03-30T20:42:03","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T15:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aradhanamishra.com\/?p=1129"},"modified":"2021-10-26T07:04:14","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T07:04:14","slug":"love-that-was","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aradhanamishra.in\/?p=1129","title":{"rendered":"Love that was!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1129\" class=\"elementor elementor-1129\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-382eaed0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"382eaed0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6ca338eb\" data-id=\"6ca338eb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b751e95 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b751e95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1130\" src=\"http:\/\/aradhanamishra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/love-that-was.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"392\" height=\"392\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size has-vivid-red-color\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\">It was soft, light, pristine<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size has-vivid-red-color\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\">Like the falling stars,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size has-vivid-red-color\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\">The fluffy snow flakes were silent,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size has-vivid-red-color\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\">And spoke of tenderness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size has-vivid-red-color\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\">An evening that was,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size has-vivid-red-color\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\">It hardened the next day,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size has-vivid-red-color\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\">With people walking over it,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size has-vivid-red-color\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\">And then it became slippery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size has-vivid-red-color\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\">Love that was!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size has-vivid-red-color\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\">The horizon was clear<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size has-vivid-red-color\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\">With that aurora light,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size has-vivid-red-color\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\">Nothing was obscure, nothing was to hide,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size has-vivid-red-color\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\">under that starry sky,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size has-vivid-red-color\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\">But the very next day,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size has-vivid-red-color\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\">The Sun was ablaze in that desert,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size has-vivid-red-color\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\">It parched the throat,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size has-vivid-red-color\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\">It parched the heart,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size has-vivid-red-color\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\">Love that was!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size has-vivid-red-color\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\">The waves cradled the boat,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size has-vivid-red-color\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\">Humming the eternal notes of longing,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size has-vivid-red-color\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\">With a constant rhythm,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size has-vivid-red-color\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\">Assuring and allaying,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-red-color\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size has-vivid-red-color\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\">Lurking underneath<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size has-vivid-red-color\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\">Was the storm unknown<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size has-vivid-red-color\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\">It made the waves fierce,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size has-vivid-red-color\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\">And drowned all that it held close.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size has-vivid-red-color\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\">Love that was!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-red-color\"><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\">Copyright \u00a9 Aradhana Mishra<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-normal-font-size has-vivid-red-color\"><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\">Photo Credit #Photographyoffice<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9e0606;\"><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 It was soft, light, pristine Like the falling stars, The fluffy snow flakes were silent, And spoke of tenderness. \u00a0 An evening that was, 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